Month: July 2019

Three men from Memphis, Tennessee, were arrested and charged over the weekend after they were accused of going to a Walmart in Moberly and stealing 47 iPhones. Michael O. Strickland Jr., 23, and Christopher T. Davis, 34, allegedly walked in the Walmart on Saturday afternoon and grabbed a shopping cart, according to court documents. They

UPDATE: Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann said three staff members were assaulted in a weekend disturbance at Boonville Correctional Center. An unknown liquid was thrown at two officers and another officer was shoved into a table when he tried to remove an inmate from a staff office after the power went out at

All Bubblecup Tea Zone locations in Columbia are in the clear with the Boone County/Columbia Public Health Department after recent inspections uncovered health code violations. The eatery took to its Facebook page the day after ABC 17 News’ Behind the Kitchen Door segment aired on June 19. “It was a very positive response, everybody said

Another project on Forum Boulevard could cause delays on Tuesday and Wednesday. Crews will replace failing concrete panels on Forum Boulevard south of the Hinkson Creek Bridge. The work starts at 9 p.m. each night and crews will wrap up construction at 7 a.m. each morning. The work is weather permitting, but is scheduled to

A Chicago man is now charged in relation to a suspicious package investigation in Holts Summit on Friday. Jerry Lee Banks, 45, is charged in federal court in Jefferson City with driving a stolen vehicle across state lines from Illinois to Missouri, according to a criminal complaint from the FBI. Court documents said Banks was

A member of the Columbia Board of Education said she hopes the state will consider her company’s application to help award medical marijuana business applications. Della Streaty-Wilhoit is owner of ARW Equity Advisors, one of seven companies that bid to serve as “blind scorer” for Missouri’s medical marijuana licensing division. The scorer will review applications

U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Sam Graves announced Monday that the state had been awarded a grant that would allow the Missouri Department of Transportation to replace the Interstate 70 bridge near Rocheport. Before the announcement, both the Boone County and Cooper County Protection Fire Districts voiced

The Missouri Department of Transportation will get about $81 million to replace the Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport and trigger financing for other projects, members of the state congressional delegation said Monday. U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler and Sam Graves announced that the state

Another road project is set to start on Forum Boulevard in Columbia on Monday night. Crews plan to replace failing concrete panels on the south side of the Hinkson Bridge starting at 9 p.m. According to a news release, the road will be down to one lane during the work, which is expected to be

Typically we think of wind, hail, and tornadoes in the spring in Mid-Missouri, but we can’t let our guard down after summer passes. A secondary severe weather season has been known to flare up in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, as well as the southeast United States from October through December. It’s a time

An Audrain County inmate accused of killing another man in jail has now been charged with assault and endangerment of a correctional officer, according to court records. Ryan Blair was charged with first-degree murder on June 13 after allegedly killing inmate Michael Eisenhauer. A probable cause statement says Blair struck Eisenhauer on the head and

A man was injured after crashing his scooter in Moberly late Monday afternoon. Police said Jon Hageman, 78, of Moberly lost control of his 2004 Yamaha scooter and fell on South Williams Street around 4:30 p.m. According to a news release, Hageman was not wearing a helmet and suffered a head wound. He was taken

Columbia Police Department officers responded to nearly 500 calls for gunshots heard or shots fired between July 2018 and July 2019. According to dispatch records, there have been 153 calls for shots fired since July 22, 2018. In the same time frame, there have been 343 calls for shots heard. “It’s gotten so that makes

Students got to see the potentially fatal consequences of drunken driving Monday in Columbia. The Missouri Department of Transportation and TRACTION, a MoDOT-sponsored program designed to education kids about the danger of driving drunk, held a mock DWI fatal crash at the Holiday Inn Executive Center for students in grades K-12. TRACTION, also known as

UPDATE 4:45 p.m.: LU spokeswoman Misty Young confirms power has been restored and the campus will resume normal operations on Tuesday. ORIGINAL: The Lincoln University campus will remain closed on Monday due to a power outage caused by lightning. The outage began around 11:30 Sunday night after lightning struck equipment, said an Ameren Missouri spokesman.

TONIGHT: Much less humid and very comfortable, lows in the upper 50s to around 60. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny, comfortable and cooler. Highs in the upper 70s to around 80. EXTENDED: North-northwesterly upper level flow will keep temperatures cooler than average and a dry air mass will have us feeling quite comfortable the next few days.

An apartment complex in Jefferson City suffered damage after heavy rain overnight caused ceilings in some of the apartments to cave in. LIVE playback of the scene is available in the player below. Residents of the apartment building on 126 Marshall Street woke up to the damage Monday morning. The building was previously damaged by

UPDATE (SATURDAY MORNING): The ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather team has decided to extend the Weather Alert Day another 24 hours into Sunday. Confidence has grown enough that the speed of the cold front won’t keep us from reaching triple digit heat indices for a 5th consecutive day. The National Weather Service has extended the excessive

THIS AFTERNOON: Skies have cleared across the area after morning rainfall. Temperatures will top out in the low 80s with lots of sunshine. TONIGHT: Mostly clear skies remain. We’ll cool off to near 60 degrees for an overnight low. EXTENDED: The beautiful weather makes a return Tuesday and throughout the rest of the week. We’ll

A Columbia man was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday morning after he previously pleaded guilty to being part of a conspiracy to sell marijuana. Nader Robert Osama Yanis, the son of a Columbia coffee shop owner, was originally indicted in March 2018 after a raid at his father’s home. The federal judge